David Whitlinger
President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Intel
David Whitlinger serves as the director of Healthcare Device Standards and Interoperability for the Intel Corporation in its Digital Health Group. Mr. Whitlinger is responsible for Intel's healthcare device interoperability strategies and the standards development to support those strategies. More

Joseph L. Ternullo, JD, CPA
Vice President, Partners Healthcare
Joe is associate director of Partners HealthCare System's Center for Connected Health and focuses on policy, contracting, and corporate-sponsored research. He serves on the board of directors and as vice president of Continua Health Alliance, on the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital internal review boards, and as an executive member of American Telemedicine Association's policy committee. More

Michael Robkin
Treasurer, Kaiser Permanente
Michael Robkin is the Principal Enterprise Architect in the Health IT Strategy and Policy department for Kaiser Permanente IT, the $2.2 billion technology management arm of the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Mike represents KP as a founding member of the Board of Director of the Continua Health Alliance. He is also Treasurer of Continua and co-chair of the Regulatory Working Group. . More

Horst Merkle
Director Information Management Systems Diabetes Care
Roche Diagnostics Corporation
Director Information Management Systems Diabetes Care since 2003. In this position I am responsible for the proposal and the development of key components for the Roche Diabetes Care information management product portfolio with focus on interoperability/connectivity, tele-health and standardization. More

Nicholas Augustinos
Director, Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Nick Augustinos is healthcare director for the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG). He brings 20 years of broad managerial and consulting experience and expertise working with a diverse range of leading healthcare organizations such as the California Healthcare Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and Sutter Health. More

• The Medtronic CareLink® Network for data capture within the patient's home
• Instruments including programmers, home monitors, and other device readers
• Connectivity solutions that digitally distribute implanted device data for electronic viewing and storage. More
  

Kimio Minami
General Manager of Healthcare Systems Development Office
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic)
Kimio Minami has more than 27 years of experience in consulting and sales in information systems architecture within Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), working predominantly with Japanese Government organizations and large enterprises. More

Paul Coebergh van den Braak
Philips Intellectual Property & Standards,Senior Director Standardization
Philips
Paul Coebergh van den Braak has more than 25 years of experience in managing product and technology development in various companies and application fields, with emphasis on software, electronics and ICT systems. He was with Philips for 8 years in the eighties and again since 1998. More

James E. Fisher
Director and co-leader of Health Information Technology & Digital Health Community™ Service Offering
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Mr. Fisher has significant experience in Strategic Information Systems Planning, IT Operational Performance Improvement, Program Management, and large-scale Transformation. Throughout his career he has lead many innovative, technology-enabled process and organization change efforts designed to improve IT, operations, and care delivery. More

Youngsoo Kim
Vice President, Corporate Strategy Planning Team
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Youngsoo Kim is Vice President of Corporate Strategy Planning Team of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. a position he has held since January, 2004. In this function he is responsible for the areas of strategic alliance, mergers and acquisitions as well as new business development. More

Deepak Ayyagari, PhD
Sharp
Dr. Deepak Ayyagari currently serves as Principal Scientist at Sharp Laboratories of America, where he leads the Personal Healthcare Technologies project. This project is focused on the research and development of innovative technologies and product concepts for consumer oriented in-home and personal healthcare and wellness applications. Dr. Ayyagari represents Sharp Corporation as a founding member of the Board of Director of the Continua Health Alliance. More

Sal Strods, VP R&D and New Product Development,
Welch Allyn, Incorporated
Sal Strods has nearly 25 years of experience in the development of diagnostic and therapeutic systems and solutions for the healthcare industry. Sal is currently the VP of R&D and Global New Product Development at Welch Allyn. Welch Allyn is one of the world's leading researcher, developer, and manufacturer of diagnostic, physiologic monitoring, and therapeutic solutions for frontline caregivers. In this position Sal is responsible for the development of diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, devices, and systems sold worldwide. Sal also serves on the Welch Allyn US and Canada strategic planning team. More

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